Welsh Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 414 (W.59)
RATING AND VALUATION, WALES
The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003
Made 26th February 2003
Coming into force 28th February 2003

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by paragraphs 1 and 2(2) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 which are now vested in the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in Wales:
1988 c. 41; Schedule 9, paragraph 2(2), was amended by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), sections 139 and 194(4), Schedule 5, paragraphs 1, 44(2), (3), (4) 79(3) and Schedule 12, Part II.
1993 c. 38.
See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

Name and commencement
1. These Regulations are called the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 and come into force on 28 February 2003.

Interpretation
2. In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” (“y prif Reoliadau”) means the Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 1993.
S.I. 1993/252.

Amendment of the principal Regulations
3. (1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 for the note headed “Transitional Arrangements” substitute the following —

“Transitional Arrangements
Transitional arrangements were in place to phase in the effect of significant changes in liability which arose from the 2000 valuation of non-domestic property. Such transitional arrangements cease to operate from 1 April 2003.”.

(3) In paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 for the note headed “Rural Rate Relief” substitute the following —

“Rural Rate Relief
From 1 April 2002 occupiers of qualifying businesses with a rateable value of £6,000 or less (£9,000 if the business is a public house or petrol station) appearing in a billing authority’s rural settlement list are entitled to rate relief at 50 per cent of the full rates bill. Billing authorities have discretion to remit all or part of the remaining 50 per cent.
Authorities also have discretion to remit all or part of the rates bills on other property in a settlement on the rural settlement list if the rateable value is £12,000 or less and the authority is satisfied that the property is used for a purpose which benefits the local community.”.

(4) In paragraph 1 of Part II of Schedule 2 for the note headed “Trefniadau trosiannol” substitute the following —

“Trefniadau Trosiannol
Yr oedd trefniadau trosiannol ar waith i raddol-gyflwyno effaith newidiadau sylweddol i'r hyn sy'n daladwy a oedd yn deillio o brisiad 2000 ar eiddo annomestig. Bydd y trefniadau trosiannol hynny yn peidio â gweithredu o 1 Ebrill 2003 ymlaen.”.

(5) In paragraph 1 of Part II of Schedule 2 for the note headed “Rhyddhad Gwledig rhag Trethi” substitute the following —

“Rhyddhad Ardrethi Gwledig
O 1 Ebrill 2002 ymlaen mae gan feddiannydd busnesau perthnasol a'u gwerth trethiannol yn £6,000 neu lai (£9,000 os yw'r busnes yn dŷ tafarn neu'n orsaf betrol) sy'n ymddangos ar restr aneddiadau gwledig yr awdurdod bilio hawl i gael rhyddhad ardrethi ar 50 y cant o'r bil trethi llawn. Mae gan awdurdodau bilio ddisgresiwn i ildio'r cyfan neu ran o'r 50 y cant arall.
Mae gan awdurdodau ddisgresiwn hefyd i ildio'r cyfan neu ran o filiau trethi eiddo eraill mewn anheddiad sydd ar y rhestr o aneddiadau gwledig sydd â gwerth trethiannol o £12,000 neu lai a lle bo'r awdurdod yn fodlon bod yr eiddo yn cael ei ddefnyddio at ddiben sydd o fantais i'r gymuned leol.”.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998
1998 c. 38.
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
26th February 2003

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 1993 provide for the contents of rate demand notices which are issued by billing authorities in Wales and for such notices to be accompanied by explanatory information in the appropriate language.
These regulations, made by the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with the powers given to the Secretary of State by paragraphs 1 and 2(2) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 and section 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 and now exercisable by it, make amendments to the explanatory information which must be supplied by billing authorities in Wales to reflect the removal of transitional arrangements and changes to the rural rate relief scheme.